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Boeing Co. Boeing Company lobby expenditures in 2007 thus far total $4,140,000. In 2006, total money spent was $9,120,000. Boeing Company is one of four major corporations which, after September 11th, were accused of pushing for "Star Wars" missile defense. These corporations had been making "a major political investment," and receiving 60 percent of government missile defense contracts.

Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin lobby expenditures in 2007 thus far total $5,250,000. Lockheed Martin is one of four major corporations which, after September 11th, were accused of pushing for "Star Wars" missile defense. These corporations had been making "a major political investment," and receiving 60 percent of government missile defense contracts. In 2000, Lockheed Martin spent more than $9.8 million lobbying the Clinton administration and members of Congress, and then in 2001 received the world's largest weapons contract ever: a $200 billion deal.

Wikipedia is a very useful tool for quick, easy referencing of up-to-date information. Wikipedia is beneficial in that it is one of very few mainstream places where information is not (usually) going to be censored. If a person wants to find the dirty facts, Wikipedia will likely show it, no matter how hard someone tries to cover them up. This is beneficial to TRUE democracy, in that it gives a bit of power back to the people. Because of this, I do plan to continue editing articles of interest to me. The encyclopedia is run quite efficiently now, as bogus or biased information is generally very quickly and effectively dealt with. The set-up is very easy to understand, as is the system for changing and adding to the encyclopedia.

Introduction
C3 Presents is an Austin-based company owned by Charles Attal, Charlie Jones, and Charlie Walker, that organizes and promotes concerts, and manages artists. It produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival and the Lollapalooza event, as well as more than 800 other shows nationwide.

History
The company C3 Presents represents the merger of Charles Attal Presents and Capital Sports and Entertainment's music division. The company was formed when Walker stepped down as president of the North American division of Live Nation to partner with Attal and Jones.

ENVIRONMENT
C3 Presents is making a concerted effort to 'green up' its concerts. The company created a wave this year when it banned Styrofoam cups from the sixth annual Austin City Limits Music Festival. Other green measures were also taken, such as bamboo-based concert T-shirts, gel sanitizer and recycled toilet paper in the bathrooms, and bio-diesel power generators. The company also went green at its other major event, Lollapalooza: they implemented recycling incentives, and used biodegradable and recyclable food containers, utensils, and water bottles. In the generators and light towers on festival grounds, the company ran biodiesel fuel, which conserved 2,000 gallons of traditional diesel fuel and significantly reduced carbon monoxide emissions. C3 Presents said of their conservation efforts: "We are using the 'silver buckshot' method in our effort to be green - implementing small changes, but a lot of them, every day, and everywhere we can."

REFERENCES http://www.austinmusicfoundation.com/?PageID=27 http://www.austin360.com/music/content/music/stories/2007/04/25c3presents.html http://www.theeagle.com/local/Big_State_Festival_is_a_first_for_B_CS http://www.ecorazzi.com/?cat=6 http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/120/50-ways-to-green-your-business.html

INTERNAL LINKS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_City_Limits_Music_Festival http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollapalooza

EXTERNAL LINKS http://www.c3presents.com/

General Electric 2007 lobbying expenditures thus far total $11,960,000. The greatest amount of money - $9,800,000 - was spent on Miscellaneous Manufacturing and Distributing.

Boeing Co. Boeing Company lobby expenditures in 2007 thus far total $4,140,000. In 2006, total money spent was $9,120,000. Boeing Company is one of four major corporations which, after September 11th, were accused of pushing for "Star Wars" missile defense. These corporations had been making "a major political investment," and receiving 60 percent of government missile defense contracts.

Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin lobby expenditures in 2007 thus far total $5,250,000. Lockheed Martin is one of four major corporations which, after September 11th, were accused of pushing for "Star Wars" missile defense. These corporations had been making "a major political investment," and receiving 60 percent of government missile defense contracts. In 2000, Lockheed Martin spent more than $9.8 million lobbying the Clinton administration and members of Congress, and then in 2001 received the world's largest weapons contract ever: a $200 billion deal.

Environment
Ken Livingstone has been called “an environmentalist, a leftist, a lover of newts, but he has made a significant effort to reduce London’s impact on the environment. He began by creating the London Hydrogen Partnership and the London Energy Partnership in his first term as Mayor of London. The Mayor’s Energy Strategy, “green light to clean power,” commits London to reducing its emissions of carbon dioxide by 20 per cent, relative to the 1990 level, by 2010. However, he does support a £450m motorway-scale bridge in East London that the Friends of the Earth say “would bring few benefits to the local people and lead to more traffic, more noise and air pollution and an increase in climate-changing emissions. ” Also, Livingstone recently went back on his promise to help chair the developing London Waste and Recycling Board, and to provide £6 million of funding for the project, because “the government had failed to provide him with absolute control of the Board ."

Ken Livingstone has been called “an environmentalist, a leftist, a lover of newts.”1 He has made a significant effort to reduce London’s impact on the environment. He began by creating the London Hydrogen Partnership and the London Energy Partnership in his first term.2 The Mayor’s Energy Strategy, “green light to clean power,” commits London to reducing its emissions of carbon dioxide by 20 per cent, relative to the 1990 level, by 2010. 3 However, Livingstone recently reneged on his promise to help chair the Board of London Waste and Recycling, and to provide £6 million of funding for the project, because “the government had failed to provide him with absolute control of the Board”.4

1 “London Mayor Ken Livingstone Profiled,” http://www.planetizen.com/node/22942 (accessed October 11, 2007)�2 Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority, "London Climate Change Agency," http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/energy/climate-change/index.jsp (accessed October 11, 2007)�3 Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority, "London Climate Change Agency," http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/environment/energy/climate-change/index.jsp (accessed October 11, 2007)�4 London Councils, “London Councils expresses regret at Mayor’s decision to dump waste and recycling board,” http://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/doc.asp?doc=20987&cat=937 (accessed 10-11-07)

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Ken Livingstone has been called “an environmentalist, a leftist, a lover of (newts,”1 but he) has made a significant effort to reduce London’s impact on the environment. He began by creating the London Hydrogen Partnership and the London Energy Partnership in his first term (first term in what office?).2 The Mayor’s Energy Strategy, “green light to clean power,” commits London to reducing (it's) emissions of carbon dioxide by 20 per cent, relative to the 1990 level, by 2010. 3 However, Livingstone recently (reneged?) on his promise to help chair the Board of London Waste and Recycling, and to provide £6 million of funding for the project, because “the government had failed to provide him with absolute control of the Board”.4

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:CHEAT